We got a text from one of our readers last week—someone who expressed concern that we featured a TED talk by a Hindu woman…
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It’s easy to make a plan or have an idea of what life will look like, but rarely does everything go as planned. My family recently lost our sweet dog…
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Saint Hildegard of Bingen first used this term Viriditas to describe the soul that awakens with as much quiet drama as the first purple crocus. Something is wanting to come to life in you right now. Do you know what it is?
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Have you ever found yourself completely bored with life? Restless, disinterested, numb? Many centuries ago, monks had a word for this: Acedia…
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The imagination and wonder of a child are captivating. The way they look at simple things with unbridled curiosity. The hilarious things they say…
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When is the last time you talked about how your life is affected, perhaps even shaped, by your experience with anxiety? What lies on the other side of that anxiety?
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I recently woke up about 3am to chaotic waters in my mind washing over me like waves, and I didn’t know what to do…
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Last night came the impossible message that, sure enough, water was dripped through the floor again. There were simply no words for the desolation I felt…
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As spring slowly emerges in the High Country, I find myself just grinning like a crazy person—soaking in the birdsong and sunshine, and warm breeze on my face…
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“What are you giving up for Lent?” she asked me. I froze momentarily. I’m supposed to be a contemplative leader, but I hadn’t really grappled seriously…
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My friend texted our small group asking us to pray for a close friend of his. At age 56 he was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer ,without warning, and given two weeks to live…
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Society puts extreme pressure on us to conform to what they deem beautiful, and so often being skinny is seen as equivalent to being healthy…
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When was the last time you died? Enter the season of Lent with peaceful expectation as we explore the path of descent with Jesus…
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As we’re observing in almost every sector of society, Covid was the great accelerator—and the Church is certainly part of that cultural tsunami…
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I find myself captivated by the story of the resurrected Jesus appearing on the shore when seven of the disciples had gone fishing…
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From Roan Mountain on a 2-week personal retreat, Jerome talks about the gifts of solitude…
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Power is the vital component here, and co-creation actively right-sizes our power. Power is not bad; we have been empowered by God for purpose…
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There’s a tendency to default to the Head Center in planning, but we need the input of all three centers, and the word for this is discernment.…
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